Teen charged with drug possession after altercation at downtown club

Prosecutors charged an Amarillo teenager Sunday with two counts of drug possession after they searched him following an altercation in a downtown club, authorities said.

Eric Woods, 17, was charged with possession of a controlled substance between 4 and 200 grams, a first-degree felony, and possession of marijuana under 2 ounces, a class A misdemeanor.

Shortly after 3 a.m. Sunday, Amarillo officers were checking Foxes at 320 S.W. Third Ave. after a reported disturbance inside, police said. One witness who was walking out of the club said a man “pulled a gun” on someone in the group, authorities said.

Officers watched the club doors and saw Woods, who matched the physical description of the armed man, police said. Police patted him down and found 11 marijuana blunts in the front waistband of his pants and two bags — one thought to have crack cocaine and another thought to be Ecstasy pills — in his shoes, police said.

Authorities did not find a weapon, and Woods was taken to the Potter County jail on the drug charges.